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Use of English — UNILORIN Post UTME Quiz

Are you ready to take on the UNILORIN Post UTME Screening? Challenge yourself and assess your knowledge with this Use of English UNILORIN Post UTME Quiz.

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January 25, 2023

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As a potential student at the University of Ilorin, one of the most competitive universities in Nigeria, it is important to understand the requirements and challenges of the admission process.

As you already know, the Use of English is one of the four subjects set for UNILORIN Post UTME Screening every year. These are random questions from the official UNILORIN Post UTME Past Questions and Answers.

The aim of this quiz is to test and challenge your knowledge. Additionally, this quiz will help you revise and practice for the forthcoming 2022/2023 UNILORIN Post UTME Online Screening, which qualifies you for admission into the university.

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You will be randomly asked 50 standard UNILORIN Post UTME Questions (Use of English). You are to answer every question within 30 minutes. Are you ready? Click the START button below to begin. Good Luck!!!

NOTE: You can retake this quiz as many times as necessary until you achieve a 100% score.

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50 Questions in 30 Minutes

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Use of English Quiz

Once you click the START button, you will be presented with 50 Use of English questions from UNILORIN Post UTME Online Screening. You are to attempt every question within 30 minutes. Note that questions are randomly generated each time you attempt the quiz so feel free to retake the quiz as many times as possible to get new questions.

1 / 50

1. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

Olu promised to look out for her next time he is in town

a) take care of

b) Greet

c) Watch for

d) visit

2 / 50

2. Choose a word which has the same or nearly the same meaning: FEEBLE

a) Weak

b) little

c) tired

d) Strong

3 / 50

3. Fill each gap with the most
appropriate option from the list
provide

We are all hungry; we... anything to eat since, morning.

a) Didn’t have

b) Never had

c) hadn't had

d) haven't had

4 / 50

4. The teacher took me for one of those students who could spell such words as

a) ‘Miscelaneous and meintainance’

b) ‘Miscelanous and maintainance’

c) ‘Miscellanous and maintainance’

d) ‘Miscellaneous and maintenance’

5 / 50

5. Nearest in meaning

My father was at the apogee of his career when he was retired

a) redundant stage

b) Terminal point

c) highest point

d) least productive stage

6 / 50

6. Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence

The politician's inflammatory remarks were heavily criticized.

a) The politician's provocative remarks were heavily criticized

b) The politician's tribalistic remarks were heavily criticized

c) The politician's rude remarks were heavily criticized

d) The politician's tribalistic remarks were heavily criticized

7 / 50

7. Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence

The events of last Friday show that there is no love lost between the Principal and the Vice Principal.

a) They work independently.

b) They cannot part company

c) They like each other

d) They dislike each other

8 / 50

8. Identify the word that has a different stress pattern from the others.

a) Accelerate

b) Discourse

c) integral

d) intimate

9 / 50

9. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

The suit's popularity is beginning to decline

a) disappear

b) Change

c) wane

d) Slide

10 / 50

10. He got the job and suddenly became swollen headed means …..…?

a) The job made him a big man

b) The job is full of hazards

c) The job made him wealthy

d) The job made him become proud

11 / 50

11. Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

Leopard

a) Leaven

b) Geology

c) led (Noun)

d) people

12 / 50

12. Sentence is to Paragraph as Word is to

a) sentence

b) phase

c) letter

d) paragraph

13 / 50

13. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

Finally, I assured him that I would not go back on my word.

a) fail to keep my promise

b) Re-use my word

c) Return to a place

d) return to a certain word when reading

14 / 50

14. In the questions below, choose the options NEAREST IN MEANING to the underlined

The meeting was canceled because of the convocation.

a) brought up

b) phased out

c) called off

d) Broken of

15 / 50

15. NEAREST IN MEANING

Once I have finished all my homework, I am permitted to watch television.

a) Television comes first then homework second

b) I can only finish my homework after permission to watch television

c) I can watch television at any time.

d) I can only watch television after doing my homework.

16 / 50

16. Choose a word opposite in meaning: PROFANE

a) beautiful

b) sacred

c) profuse

d) stiff

17 / 50

17. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

Rich citizens are often niggardly in their ways

a) Miserly

b) Beggarly

c) pompous

d) sordid

18 / 50

18. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italics

The presence of security men in the area will provide a moment of respite for the residents.

a) Enduring reprieve

b) soothing relaxation.

c) temporary relief

d) lasting security

19 / 50

19. Wise is to Foolish as Vein is to

a) proud

b) pretty

c) modest

d) conceit

20 / 50

20. Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined

Faeces

a) pear

b) Peasant

c) Polices

d) pain

21 / 50

21. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italic

Though David's condition is serious, his life is not in immediate danger.

a) Grave

b) nasty

c) Dangerous

d) hypertensive

22 / 50

22. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

The speaker took his audience down memory lane before he went to the topic of his lecture.

a) recalled events from the past

b) Told a tale about a place called Memory Lane

c) gave an outline of his lecture

d) Took his audience on a journey through a street called Memory Lane

23 / 50

23. Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence

If he were here it could be more fun.

a) He did not show up and so the occasion lacked much fun

b) There was no fun because he was not present

c) He was being expected to supply more fun

d) He was expected but did not show up to liven up the occasion.

24 / 50

24. Select the word that has the same pattern of stress as the given word

EDUCATION

a) elaborate

b) Duplicity

c) Economics

d) conjectural

25 / 50

25. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italics

In spite of her grim situation, the young widow smiled dutifully at the visitor's pleasantries

a) condolence messages

b) Unkind comments

c) jocular remarks

d) sad stories

26 / 50

26. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italics

The man was able to persuade his wilful and obstinate daughter to follow the career he chose for her.

a) hardworking and intelligent

b) Intelligent but arrogant

c) unyielding and obdurate

d) obscure and odious.

27 / 50

27. From the alternatives provided in the questions below, select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence.

Paulina arrived late, she... the right route.

a) could not have taken

b) Cannot have taken

c) could not have taking

d) could not had taken

28 / 50

28. Ocean is to Pond as Deep is to

a) well

b) shallow

c) sea

d) lake

29 / 50

29. Stint is the opposite of

a) Meticulous

b) Surfeit

c) Splint

d) Prolix

30 / 50

30. Her younger sister likes conservative hair style but her cousin prefers………..hairstyle

a) modest

b) magnanimous

c) new

d) modern

31 / 50

31. Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided

The Governor rejected the bill and withheld his….....

a) ascent

b) Access

c) Assent

d) accent

32 / 50

32. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italics

That punch by the young boxer
proved to be fatal

a) Hard

b) deadly

c) Effective

d) belated

33 / 50

33. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italics

The essay topic is nebulous.

a) distinct

b) Clear

c) incorrect

d) Vague

34 / 50

34. NEAREST IN MEANING

He went through the fire before he qualified as a doctor

a) made a lot of fire

b) required a lot of fire

c) suffered a lot

d) Had a fire acciden

35 / 50

35. Someone who persists in doing the wrong thing even after he has been punished is said to be………….?

a) Recalcitrant

b) Disobedient

c) Heady

d) Stubborn

36 / 50

36. “My Heart Jumped into my mouth” What is the meaning of the above statement?

a) to be discouraged

b) to be hungry

c) to be afraid

d) To be confused

37 / 50

37. Choose a word which has the same or nearly the same meaning: ASTONISH

a) attack

b) surprise

c) sensible

d) asunder

38 / 50

38. A group of letters that is added to the beginning of a word in order to change its meaning e.g. ‘’un’’, ‘’anti’’, is ………………?

a) Pronouns

b) Prefix

c) Antonym

d) Suffix

39 / 50

39. Identify the word that has stress on the second syllable.

a) result

b) Always

c) understand

d) Reproduce

40 / 50

40. “I challenge the public to put teeth into the law” means..................

a) to reject the law

b) to council the law

c) to activate the law

d) to review the law

41 / 50

41. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italics

The boy was told that the lie would need several more pints of blood to survive.

a) Plenty

b) Many

c) some

d) much

42 / 50

42. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

The statement was ambiguous that it had two meanings.

a) Sensible

b) Simple

c) Vague

d) Clear

43 / 50

43. Choose the word that has the same consonant sound(s) as the one presented by the letter(s) underlined

Baby

a) Dumb

b) plumber

c) climb

d) Tuber

44 / 50

44. Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence

Though he is our elected representative, he often takes a rather jaundiced view of our problems.

a) He takes a rather hazy view of our problems

b) He takes a sickly view of our problems

c) He takes an unfavourable position concerning our problems

d) He takes a rather forceful view of our problems

45 / 50

45. In the question below, choose the expression which best completes each sentence

a) The factory was closed because the employees did not work hard enough

b) The factory would be shut if the employees did not increase their output

c) The employees should not close early so that they could produce more

d) The employees were not working hard, and so the factory would be closed

46 / 50

46. The fire destroyed MANY lives.

a) Did the fire destroy the village?

b) Did the fire spare any lives?

c) Did the fire destroy any lives?

d) Did the fire destroy some houses?

47 / 50

47. choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined

The culprits will surrender their loot to the customs officials.

a) Give away

b) give up.

c) give ou

d) Give in

48 / 50

48. Be careful! We are approaching the crossroads.

a) watch out

b) Look out

c) look in

d) Look up

49 / 50

49. I have always believed that my mother is a very impassioned woman

a) emotional

b) Impartial

c) emotive

d) Impassive

50 / 50

50. Humility is a virtue while ................ can be regarded as a vice

a) proud

b) curiosity

c) position

d) pride

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